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[PSA] Beware of attaching any remotely sensitive data to Lemmy posts as you will immediately lose control over them [BUSTED] (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by randomperson@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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~~I was trying to add my first post but after I attached an image file I noticed it got automatically uploaded to ghostarchive.org,~~ ~~archive.org and archive.today even before making the actual post. There is also no warning about that anywhere to be seen. I think this is major privacy concern especially that user has no control to delete that image from abovementioned services.~~ ~~What if you mistakenly pick private image to upload when creating post? You can remove it from Lemmy to correct it but it’s already outside of your control.~~

~~Long story short: you completely lose control over any image you attach when trying to create Lemmy post.~~

edit: uploaded a screenshot (sorry it's in Polish) + that's the link you get when you click on 'archive.org' - https://web.archive.org/web/20230614181328/https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a307f984-4d30-4f45-813f-cbedfe1b596d.png

edit2: big thanks to @sunasaurus for explanation https://lemmy.world/comment/180906

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[–] sunaurus@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

it got automatically uploaded to ghostarchive.org, archive.org and archive.today even before making the actual post

How did you verify this? I don't see anything that would do this in the Lemmy code.

To be clear, if you put a private image anywhere on the public internet, then there's a good chance it will get archived - Lemmy is not special here. But if you're saying that you never made your post public, then I'm very curious about what's going on here.

[–] Strangely_Kangaroo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing. That's very not cool.

[–] Kovu@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

it only uploads if you click the link

[–] marshoepial@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

This doesn't auto archive your image. It's only if you click on one of those archive links that it's archived.

[–] Magrid@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

that's crazy

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